Peter Ustinov quotes - page 2

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well. (Peter Ustinov)
The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.
Peter Ustinov
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.
Peter Ustinov
Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.
Peter Ustinov
There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another religion, were to come back today, he would find it virtually impossible to convince anyone of his credentials despite the fact that the vast evangelical machine on American television is predicated on His imminent return among us sinners.
Peter Ustinov
Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just - his turn!
Peter Ustinov
Sex is a conversation carried out by other means.
Peter Ustinov
Basically I'm a very serious person, but I think the form it takes with me is comedy. I see the amusing side of all potentially pompous situations.
Peter Ustinov
To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.
Peter Ustinov
I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God... or the Devil.
Peter Ustinov
I'm Rally of Unionist Separist Extremes, sometimes known as the R. U. S. E. ... It's the party at present in power. (Peter Ustinov)
I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.
Peter Ustinov
Life was cheap in the Middle Ages. It has become cheaper since. It is only in specific battles for specific lives that our culture is put to the test, and with it our humanity.
Peter Ustinov
Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.
Peter Ustinov
People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.
Peter Ustinov
At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.
Peter Ustinov
I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.
Peter Ustinov
Irrespective of nationality, soldiers are always open to the same discomfort and to the same comradeship the world over. I'll make things easy for you if you make things easy for me. That is, after all the unwritten law of the barracks.
Peter Ustinov
It's wrong to flog a man. It's against his being a man.
Peter Ustinov
I hate being moved. I hate that man who came in. So self-righteous, so cruel. He made fun of me, that's why I cried. You never did that. You led me into temptation by your - politeness.
Peter Ustinov
The sea is calm you said. Peaceful. Calm above, but below a world of gliding monsters preying on their fellows. Murderers, all of them. Only the strongest teeth survive. And who's to tell me it's any different here on board, or yonder on dry land. (Peter Ustinov)
It's hot. And there's a lot of it. I like everything about it except the flavor.
Peter Ustinov
2nd Soldier: Do you mean that, as a General, you're not the tiniest bit ambitious for our military future? General: I prefer our military past. The harm's done and there it is. As for being a General, well, at the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords, we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.
Peter Ustinov
Politicians only get to the top because they have no qualifications to detain them at the bottom.
Peter Ustinov
You know Seymour, there are some men who cannot stand too much perfection. They see it as a disease, which must be stamped out at its first rash showing.
Peter Ustinov